 | 1852 - 798 pàgines
...patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of fraud and oppression — left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence '. And if for nothing else bnt to carry through all our courts the reform thus nobly commenced in the... | |
 | 1831 - 444 pàgines
...boast, when he shall have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap— found it a seated book, left it a living letter — found it the patrimony...innocence. To me, much reflecting on these things, it Las always seemed a worthier honour to be the instrument of making you bestir yourselves in this high... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 pàgines
...found law dear and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book — left it a living letter ; found it a patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance...reflecting on these things, it has always seemed a worthier honor to be the instrument of making you bestir yourselves in this high matter, than to enjoy all that... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1839 - 514 pàgines
...rich—left it the inheritance of the poor! found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression—left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence...reflecting on these things, it has always seemed a worthier honor to be the instrument of making you bestir yourselves in this high matter, than to enjoy all that... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pàgines
...found law dear and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book — left it a living letter ; found it a patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance...reflecting on these things, it has always seemed a worthier honor to be the instrument of making you bestir yourselves in this high matter, than to enjoy all that... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 pàgines
...found law dear and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book — left it a living letter ; found it a patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance...reflecting on these things, it has always seemed a worthier honor to be the instrument of making you bestir yourselves in this high matter, than to enjoy all that... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature - 1845 - 280 pàgines
...and left it the inheritance of the poor, found it the two edged sword of craft and oppression, and left it the staff of honesty, and the shield of innocence....reflecting on these things, it has always seemed a worthier honor to be the instrument of making you bestir yourselves in this high matter, than to enjoy all that... | |
 | Henry Brewster Stanton - 1849 - 412 pàgines
...it a living letter—found it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor—found it the twoedged sword of craft and oppression, left...it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence !" This speech, one of the greatest Mr. Brougham ever delivered, was followed by an address to the... | |
 | Henry Brewster Stanton - 1850 - 394 pàgines
...lost — that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble — a praise not unworthy a great prince. But how much nobler will be the sovereign's boast,...it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence !" This speech, one of the greatest Mr. Brougham ever delivered, was followed by an address to the... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pàgines
...shall have to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book, left it an open letter; found it the patrimony of the rich, left it...the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence. 13. Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false ; the one... | |
| |
But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say that he found law dear, and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book — left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance of the poor... 
